2017/05/01

This is how you setup a babysitter for a service started with system V init scripts using DJB's deamontools. We can't just put run $service start into a run file, because sys V init scripts start up background daemons. We have to use the daemon's PID file to watch what's going on.

First, I create mysql-babysit. I'm using mysql as an example. For other services, adjust $service and $pidfile.

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I am a self-employed programmer. I program computers for a living. This also means I spend half my time as a sysadmin. The annoying half. I work nearly exclusively with Linux and Perl.
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